(Please contact me off list with questions, so we dont go too far off topic)
> Actually, thats one of the problems that were hitting, around here where
> they are needed, they cant be found as much, TAMSAR has 4 of the original 5
> bars that were bought brand new in 1979, and we finally just had to replace
> them last week with brand new ones, costing aobut $2000 per vehicle.
> Second, The times that they are released, or sold as surplus, theya re in
> such bad condition, that they cant be re-used, and are just stripped for the
> case, lens, or the bulbs.
> The project that were working on has two basic goals:
> 1. Get this equipment out of civilian hands, and put it to the correct use
> 2. Give it to the departments taht need it badly but cannot afford new ones
> with their small budgets.
> An example that I'm going to use on the official news realease, is the
> Canutillo VFD, which i volunteer for on weekends, have new equipment from
> the county for the 3 new trucks, but they have 2 older trucks that are still
> used, that need lights, either because the old ones are unserviceable, or
> missing, and with an annual operating budget of $6800 a year, cannot afford
> even spending $150 on a used one from a suppler like Galls or Central Public
> Saftey.
>
> At a point in the near future, I will put thisinformation on the Official
> TAMSAR site at http://tamsar.el-paso.tx.us
> (note the US domain, and not a .com of .org)
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Jaime
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